I'll start.
1: An old Italian veteran of the communist movement
2: Gus Hall
3: William Z. Foster.
4: J.V Stalin.
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- Without providing too much personal info, I’m connected to Golda Meir, who was Israel’s USSR ambassador in the 50s.
Now that sounds like some fun history
Friend’s parent met Fidel
Fidel met Khrushchev
Khrushchev met Stalin
So, four. I think.
Woah you got the Cuba Libre route!
I think Fidel met a ton of Americans during his visit(s) to the USA.
That means plenty of opportunities for Americans to be close to uncle Joe
I'm very close to this. My friend met Che's daughter, so I'm at 5, because we add one more.
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Person I met at a concert
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Concert person's grandmother was a Chinese neuroscientist and received some kind of science prize
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Mao Zedong
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Stalin
Stalin shook my hand, liberals.
1: Alex Trebek
3: Pierre Trudeau
4: Nikita Khrushchev
5: Stalin
I'm not totally sure that Tebek and Trudeau shook hands ever, but they were both active in public facing roles in Ottawa at the same time.
The maple syrup route, I see
15+ at least due to the nature of the exercise i wouldn't rule it out entirely but i have no idea how
- george bush
idk how far george bush is from stalin
How the devil did you meet a bush?
I met Poppy Bush once since he came to my middle school to do a speech. Maybe it was something like that.
Probably
Bush Sr.
Mao Zedong
Stalin
Bush Jr > Bush Sr > Eisenhower > Stalin
1: Joe Biden
2: Jimmy Carter
3: Brezhnev
4: Khrushchev
5: Stalin
I’m like 95% sure there’s a shorter path in there I just don’t know who those people actually met
I want to say there may be a shorter connection via Biden and his handshake with Anwar El-Sadat of Egypt to some Soviet official to Stalin, but I'm not sure either
Piggybacking on your Carter link but through Robin Williams or Al Franken.
Looks like Brezhnev met with Stalin in 1952, so you can skip over Khrushchev
If you met Biden, it's basically:
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Biden
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Some career politician who was around during FDR/Eisenhower's administration. Biden is a shameless sycophantic career politician, so there's a 100% he would've sucked up to some ancient politician who personally worked with FDR or Eisenhower.
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FDR/Eisenhower
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Stalin
4 possibly 5. My grandpa via Georgi Dimitrov to Stalin
ties to our Bulgarian anti-fascist supersoldier!
I'm two steps from Kollontai, so it can't be that far off.
It's possible that she never directly met with Stalin, but she definately interacted directly with Molotov.
Just guessing that these people probably shook hands: Lt Governor > Senator from state during Lt Gov’s term > direct predecessor in Senate who was in office during FDR’s terms > FDR > Stalin
no more than 5, i would guess. i once shook hands with a career diplomat, a professional hand-shaker of the geopolitical elite if there ever was one. they certainly shook hands with albright, powell, and rice, and any one of them could've shaken hands with someone who shook hands with stalin, so maybe as little as 4.
Idk but i'd guess fewer than ten.
Also looooooooooool i gaurantee you that the general population is not five kevin bacons away from Stalin. Hahahahahahahahahahahah
I just asked a person who I regard as fairly typical. He wasn't sure, but I asked him the most famous person he shook hands with. It was Adam Sandler.
So from there it would go Adam Sandler - Bill Clinton - Boris Yeltsin. From there I'm not sure who Yeltsin knew, but he probably shook hands with at least Gorbachev, who probably met Brezhnev, who met Stalin.
It's Adam Sandler > Bill Clinton > Queen Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin. Most living world leaders can at least trace back to Stalin through Lizzy.
I think 3: My grandpa, FDR, Stalin.
Based grandpa
Guy in my country's national parliament -> Kissinger -> Mao -> Stalin
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Some local politician who was in the same room when I gave some presentation
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Some Congresswoman
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Ancient Congressman named John Dingell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell
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Eisenhower (Eisenhower's and Dingell's terms overlap and they've almost certainly would've rubbed shoulders at least once. Plus, it's extraordinarily unlikely Dingell would've skipped all 6 State of the Union addresses Eisenhower would've given)
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Stalin
Edit:
I suddenly remember being in the same room as Stephen Hawking one time. If being in the same room without having that person acknowledge your existence counts, it's
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Stephen Hawking
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Queen Elizabeth II
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George Marshall
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Stalin
I think I'm three from Putin. So maybe five or six that route.
It's probably Putin > some vet from WWII who met Stalin > Stalin
Well from Putin, would it go Yeltsin - Khrushchev - Stalin? I'm not sure if Yeltsin ever met Khrushchev, but he probably met Brezhnev or Andropov.
I've wasted time tracing how many degrees of separation famous people have with Stalin:
Every famous and semi-famous British person is around 4 degrees of separation through Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin since George Marshall attended Elizabeth's coronation. He apparently was seated at a table next to her at some post-coronation dinner, so he's not merely a passive participant.
The entire Cuban Communist Party is like 4 degrees of separation through Fidel/Raul > Brezhnev > Stalin, and most non-gusano Cubans aren't that far away from Stalin either since Raul has been around forever and isn't shy on dealing with average Cubans.
Most of the old-school Cold War ghouls like the Dulles bros and Hoover are Truman > Stalin. Kissinger is Mao > Stalin. Brzezinski is Brezhnev > Stalin. Albright is Brzezinski > Brezhnev > Stalin.
Mao met Stalin at his birthday celebration. Zhou Enlai met Stalin as part of a delegation to request military aid for the Korean War. Chiang Kai-shek is Trotsky(lol) > Stalin, but his son Chiang Ching-kuo actually met Stalin multiple time by virtue of being a de facto hostage, which means modern Taiwanese politicians aren't far removed from Stalin since Chiang Ching-kuo and his successor Lee Teng-hui were in office collectively for 22 years. Deng Xiaoping is Mao > Stalin, but he's also Chiang Ching-kuo > Stalin since they both went to the same school in the Soviet Union. I think none of the newer Chinese leaders beat Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin.
For Black revolutionaries, Nkrumah is Zhou Enlai > Stalin. Sekou Toure is Tito > Stalin since he visited Yugoslavia as part of a delegation as head of state. Lumumba is Nkrumah > Zhou Enlai > Stalin. Huey Newton is Zhou Enlai > Stalin. Kwame Ture is Ho Chi Minh > Stalin surprisingly enough, who he liked to constantly brag about meeting. Malcolm X is Nkrumah > Zhou Enlai > Stalin or Castro > Khrushchev > Stalin. Nasser is Tito > Stalin. Boumediene and Gaddafi are Nasser > Tito > Stalin. MLK is LBJ > Truman > Stalin. Paul Robeson is actually Truman > Stalin where he berated Truman in person for being a racist cracker.
For US presidents, it's:
- FDR: Met Stalin
- Truman: Met Stalin
- Eisenhower: Met Stalin as Supreme Commander
- JFK: Khrushchev > Stalin
- LBJ: Truman visited the White House and gave a speech at Congress while JFK was in office, so I guess it's Truman > Stalin
- Nixon: Eisenhower > Stalin
- Ford: Brezhnev > Stalin
- Carter: Brezhnev > Stalin
- Reagan: Chiang Ching-kuo > Stalin based on this https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4&post=4846
- Bush Sr: Eisenhower > Stalin
- Clinton: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
- Bush Jr: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
- Obama: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
- Trump: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
- Biden: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
For UK PMs, it's:
- Churchill: Met Stalin
- Attlee: Met Stalin
- Eden: Churchill > Stalin
- Macmillan: Churchill > Stalin
- Douglas-Home: Probably Churchill > Stalin or Attlee > Stalin. He attended Elizabeth II's coronation carrying some ceremonial sword, so it's also Marshall > Stalin.
- Wilson: Brezhnev > Stalin
- Heath: This fucker met up with Goring, Goebbels, and Himmler all at once lmao. He was appointed by Churchill as opposition whip, so I guess it's Churchill > Stalin. Otherwise, it's Goring/Goebbels/Himmler > Ribbentrop > Stalin lol
- Callaghan: Brezhnev > Stalin
- Thatcher: I don't think she met Brezhnev, so it's Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin.
- Every PM after Thatcher: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
For Catholic popes, it's:
- Pope Pius XII: Churchill > Stalin
- Pope John XXIII: Pope Pius XII > Churchill > Stalin
- Pope Paul VI: Pope Pius XII > Churchill > Stalin
- Pope John Paul I: This is the pope who some people say got whacked by the mob, so he wasn't really able to meet with famous people. I guess, it's Pope Paul VI > Pope Pius XII > Churchill > Stalin
- Pope John Paul II: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
- Pope Benedict XVI: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
- Pope Francis: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
Okay, I've wasted enough time.